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• Teddy Sheringham: Wayne Rooney needs a trophy to match Sir Bobby Charlton

  05-09-2015 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JOE BERNSTEIN: Former Manchester United and England striker Teddy Sheringham doesn't think Wayne Rooney will consider himself an equal to Sir Bobby Charlton unless he wins a trophy.
  
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• Sir Bobby Charlton was merely told 'well done' by Sir Alf Ramsey but Wayne Rooney deserves his moment in the sun

  05-09-2015 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SIR GEOFF HURST: When Charlton broke Greaves' goalscoring record back in 1968, I would imagine Ramsey might have taken him aside for a second. 'Well done,' he would have said; nothing more.
  
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• Russell Martin believes Scotland boss has come under unfair criticism after Georgia loss

  05-09-2015 23:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  RUSSELL MARTIN believes Scotland boss Gordon Strachan has come in for unfair criticism following the defeat to Georgia on Friday.
  
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• SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Stuart Lancaster will sleep well after hugely improved England's showing against Ireland back-row trio lead the way in decisive win

  05-09-2015 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: England's performance against Ireland was so much better than Paris two weeks ago and I would not change the starting XV for the World Cup opener against Fiji.
  
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• Honda at WAR: McLaren call for the sacking of engine boss Yasuhisa Arai as season hits new low in Monza 

  05-09-2015 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONATHAN MCEVOY: Internal feuding broke out in leafy Monza. Down at McLaren, where they have shown the patience of Job with engine makers Honda, fingers are now being pointed.
  
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• George Groves braves the elements as he prepares for title bout with Badou Jack amid thunderstorm in California 

  05-09-2015 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As if challenging for a world title on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather's final fling on the Las Vegas strip wasn't thrilling enough for George Groves, he has taken to battling Mother Nature in the build-up.
  
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• Rugby World Cup 2015: Meet Fiji's Nemani Nadolo, the 6ft 5in and 20st who's bigger than Jonah Lomu

  05-09-2015 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAM PETERS - INTERVIEW: In a world inhabited by impossibly big men, 6ft 5in and 20st Fijian winger stands out among the crowd. Truly, the man is giant and wants to take England down.
  
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• Laura Collett steeled for her Blair bewitch project in Perthshire next month

  05-09-2015 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARCUS TOWNEND: If those who peddled hurtful rumours about the accident which claimed the life of Kauto Star were hoping to unsettle Collett, they had not reckoned on her inner steel.
  
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• Scotland's Kenny Miller knows how to overcome threat of Germany ahead of Euro 2016 clash

  05-09-2015 23:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  KENNY MILLER knows first hand what it feels like to enjoy success against Germany.
  
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• Warren Gatland ready to call up Mike Phillips for Wales' Rugby World Cup after sickening injury to Rhys Webb

  05-09-2015 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NIK SIMON IN CARDIFF: Warren Gatland is likely to recall veteran scrum-half Mike Phillips after the sickening injury suffered by Rhys Webb in Cardiff. Leigh Halfpenny was also carried off on a stretcher.
  
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• England 21-13 Ireland: Jonny May stands out as Rugby World Cup hosts bounce back from Paris debacle but still too wasteful

  05-09-2015 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAM PETERS AT TWICKENHAM: This was a game England simply had to win and they did so with something to spare against an Ireland team that offered almost nothing in attack.
  
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• Jonny Wilkinson: I feel like I am falling apart... 12 years on from his greatest moment, he still can't come to terms with his life and achievements

  05-09-2015 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OLIVER HOLT: On the eve of the first World Cup for 20 years that he has not graced, the man who was for so long England’s talisman and comfort is trying to turn away from the things that once defined him and search for a new life.
  
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• Jarryd Hayne makes San Francisco 49ers final 53-man roster but Efe Obada cut by Dallas Cowboys

  05-09-2015 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While Efe Obada's Cinderella story took a backward step, Jarryd Hayne's inexorable march to the NFL was confirmed. Hayne, who quit the NRL last October, was named on the San Francsco 49ers' initial 53-man roster.
  
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• Toni Kroos and Germany confident of ending Scotland's Euro 2016 qualification hopes

  05-09-2015 23:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TONI KROOS has warned Scotland that Germany are coming to Glasgow hellbent on killing off their hopes of reaching next summer’s European Championship finals.
  
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• Rugby World Cup 2015: Tom Youngs makes case for a front-row seat as England hooker hits back at critics

  05-09-2015 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tom Youngs turned on his critics after helping England see off the Irish threat and boosting his own chances of a World Cup start against Fiji.
  
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• John Stones is the next Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney's goalscoring is far from over... he's world-class, England need him

  05-09-2015 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  GLENN HODDLE: He still has a lot to prove but John Stones is the most exciting central defender since Rio Ferdinand came on the scene. Wayne Rooney is bound to score even more goals for England.
  
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• Jo Konta takes 'confidence' from 16th win in a row as she sails into US Open fourth round

  05-09-2015 23:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NOTHING is going to stop Johanna Konta this summer – not the heat, not the pressure, not the mounting media hype and certainly not Andrea Petkovic.
  
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• Wales vs Israel: Gareth Bale and Co need just three points from their final two matches

  05-09-2015 23:30
  
  They couldn’t, could they? Fail, that is, to become only the second Welsh side ever to qualify for a major tournament; not with a maximum three points required from home games against Israel and Andorra, who they have beaten away, plus the bonus ball of a visit to Bosnia?
  
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• Wales 23 - Italy 19: Gatland suffers World Cup setback after Halfpenny and Webb injuries

  05-09-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  WALES suffered two alarming World Cup injury scares as Rhys Webb and Leigh Halfpenny were carried off during their final warm-up clash.
  
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• Turkey vs Netherlands: Dutch teetering on brink of missing first Euros in 30 years

  05-09-2015 23:30
  
  Just 14 months after finishing third at the World Cup and at a time of unprecedented Dutch influence in England, the Netherlands are in grave danger of failing to reach next year’s European Championship.
  
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• Teddy Sheringham won the Champions League, played under Sir Alex Ferguson and Brian Clough... now he faces a new challenge at League Two Stevenage   

  05-09-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JOE BERNSTEIN: For Teddy Sheringham, having 51 England caps and a Champions League winners’ medal was not much of an advantage when he took his first team meeting at Stevenage.
  
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• Scotland vs Germany: Nothing but the best will do for Scots

  05-09-2015 23:30
  
  There was a suggestion this week, and one that reached interested ears within the Scotland camp, that all is not well with the Nationalmannschaft. Mark McGhee heard it from friends in Germany where he long ago spent 18 happy months with Hamburg.
  
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• San Marino 0 - England 6: Rooney equals goal record as Three Lions qualify for Euro 2016

  05-09-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IT'S hard to know which is causing greater excitement in the Rooney household after England skipper Wayne equalled Sir Bobby Charlton’s Three Lions goalscoring record.
  
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• Roy Hodgson in Seventh heaven after England book their passage to France 2016

  05-09-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ROY HODGSON and his Three Lions were in Seventh heaven last night after sealing their passage to France 2016.
  
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• Northern Ireland vs Hungary: Michael O'Neill's team on cusp of history at Windsor Park

  05-09-2015 23:30
  
  In the 69th minute here in the Faroe Islands’ capital on Friday night, Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill made his first substitution. Off came Conor McLaughlin, on went Josh Magennis. McLaughlin plays for Fleetwood Town, Magennis for Kilmarnock.
  
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• Lancaster dismisses suggestions England will peak and insists they can win World Cup

  05-09-2015 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  STUART LANCASTER last night dismissed suggestions that his England side will peak in “two or three years” and insisted that they can win the World Cup.
  
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• England vs Switzerland: ‘Streetwise’ Nathaniel Clyne discovers the road to the top

  05-09-2015 23:30
  
  Wayne Rooney is often dubbed the last of the street footballers but it turns out that the England captain has company.
  
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• Ben Stokes was controversially dismissed as England slump to 64-run defeat at Lord's

  05-09-2015 23:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ENGLAND’s one-day series against Australia descended into acrimony at Lord’s yesterday after Ben Stokes was controversially dismissed during a 64-run defeat for Eoin Morgan’s men.
  
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• Speeding car flies off track and crashes into crowd killing six and injuring at least 10 at Spanish rally 

  05-09-2015 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The victims were struck by the race car when its driver is thought to have lost control during the La Coruña‬ Rally, in the Spanish municipality of Carral in the north west of the country.
  
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• Jo Konta aims to avoid locker room bug after setting up US Open clash with Petra Kvitova

  05-09-2015 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JOHANNA KONTA is determined not to let a locker room bug stop her march through the US Open draw.
  
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• Spain 2-0 Slovakia: Jordi Alba and Andres Iniesta on target as La Roja move top of Group C with fine win in Oviedo

  05-09-2015 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PETE JENSON IN OVIEDO: David Silva took his stunning Premier League form on to the international stage to lead Spain to a 2-0 win over Slovakia but Diego Costa finds himself in hot water.
  
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• England fury at Australia as Ben Stokes is given out for obstructing wicket after appeal to turn 2nd ODI on its head

  05-09-2015 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LAWRENCE BOOTH AT LORD'S: Australia extended their lead in the five-match ODI series to 2-0 despite defiant resistance from England's in-form captain Eoin Morgan.
  
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• England can win the World Cup, says Stuart Lancaster after impressive win over Ireland 

  05-09-2015 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stuart Lancaster insisted his England team is ready to win the World Cup after seeing them dismantle Ireland 21-13 in their final warm-up match at Twickenham.
  
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• Australia opener David Warner out of Royal London Series with broken thumb

  05-09-2015 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  David Warner will miss the rest of Australia's Royal London Series campaign against England after breaking his thumb. Warner was hit by a short ball from Steven Finn and forced to retire hurt.
  
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• Wayne Rooney sets his sights on becoming 'outright holder' after equalling Sir Bobby Charlton's England goalscoring record

  05-09-2015 21:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wayne Rooney netted a record-equalling 49th international goal against San Marino on Saturday but now wants his 50th against Switzerland on Tuesday to eclipse Sir Bobby Charlton's tally.
  
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• Roger Federer strolls into the US Open last-16 with another straight sets victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber

  05-09-2015 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  STUART FRASER IN NEW YORK: Roger Federer continued to breeze through the US Open draw with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory over German No 29 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber.
  
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• Eugenie Bouchard ruled out of US Open doubles after suffering head injury 

  05-09-2015 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  STUART FRASER IN NEW YORK: Eugenie Bouchard has been forced to withdraw from the US Open doubles events after the Canadian sustained a head injury in the locker room on Friday night.
  
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• Morecambe win six-goal thriller at Yeovil, York put three past Newport at home and Luton end three-game losing streak with win

  05-09-2015 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Morecambe came from two goals down to beat Yeovil, who had Shaun Jeffers sent off in the first half. Late goals from Lee Molyneux and Kevin Ellison wrapped up the points with a 4-2 victory.
  
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• High school football player dies from injuries during Louisiana game

  05-09-2015 21:08
  
  Tyrell Cameron was taken from the game on a stretcher and pronounced dead at a local hospital, sheriff says: “This has touched everybody in youth sports”A high school football player in Louisiana died from injuries he sustained on the field during a game, officials told Reuters on Saturday. Tyrell Cameron, 16, a student at Franklin Parish High School in north-east Louisiana, was wheeled off the field on a stretcher after he was injured during the fourth quarter on Friday night, Frank
  
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• Wayne Rooney is an England legend...the Manchester United striker's scoring feats for his country must not be downplayed

  05-09-2015 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sir Bobby Charlton scored his 49th goal for England in a friendly against Colombia in Bogota on May 20, 1970. Wayne Rooney scored his in England's 6-0 victory over San Marino to qualify for Euro 2016.
  
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• England and Australia captains lock horns over Ben Stokes’ dismissal

  05-09-2015 21:00
  
  Ben Stokes was given out for obstructing the field but the third umpire may have come to a different conclusion if he had watched the incident in real timeAt 5.18pm, the boos rung out, the England captain, Eoin Morgan, was shaking his head out in the middle and Ben Stokes was trudging up the pavilion steps, swinging his bat in disgust at the decision that had seen him out for 10 under law 37.1: obstructing the field.The seventh man in the international game to be sent packing by this mode of dis
  
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• Wales 23-19 Italy: Rhys Webb and Leigh Halfpenny risk missing World Cup after nightmare warm-up for Warren Gatland

  05-09-2015 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NIK SIMON: The grim reaper of the Group of Death showed his face in Cardiffas Wales struggled to overcome Italy and suffered injuries to Rhys Webb and Leigh Halfpenny.
  
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• Wales vs Italy match report: Injuries to Rhys Webb and Leigh Halfpenny stun Wales

  05-09-2015 20:49
  
  Though confirmation may come only on Sunday, Wales could have lost two of their most valuable players on the eve of the World Cup. Never mind the close nature of this scrappy affair, the loss of Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb would be a body blow for any side, let alone one with limited playing resources. Both sustained leg injuries, the more serious one apparently to Webb, whose scream of pain caused match officials to wince. 
  
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• Wayne Rooney level on 49 England goals with Sir Bobby Charlton and... OWN GOALS

  05-09-2015 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ahead of England's Euro 2016 qualifier against San Marino, all attention was on Wayne Rooney closing in on Sir Bobby Charlton's record of 49 goals for his country.
  
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• England acting the part as World Cup dress rehearsals draw to close | Andy Bull

  05-09-2015 20:47
  
  Victory over Ireland shows Stuart Lancaster’s changing cast of players is coming together just in timeThirteen days now till the party starts. Twickenham felt ready. The roads around are shut and the signs and barriers are up. Vast new hospitality stands and media centres have sprouted around the ground and every corner is bedecked with branded flags and banners. They’ll be advertising different sponsors by the time the World Cup starts. But, still, it felt like everything was in pla
  
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• Ross Barkley's international career has been slow to ignite... but his performance against San Marino is much-needed boost

  05-09-2015 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MATT BARLOW: England goal No 49 for one graduate of the Everton academy and England goal No 1 for another. Wayne Rooney matched Sir Bobby Charlton's record, while Ross Barkley also netted.
  
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• Johanna Konta: Not so average Jo becomes only second Brit to reach last 16 of the US Open

  05-09-2015 20:43
  
  Johanna Konta became only the second British woman in 24 years to reach the last 16 of the US Open as her remarkable run continued here. Konta’s 7-6 6-3 win over Germany’s Andrea Petkovic, the world No 18, was her 16th victory in succession and took the 24-year-old into a fourth-round meeting tomorrow with Petra Kvitova, the two-times Wimbledon champion.
  
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• Stuart Lancaster says England are ready for World Cup after win over Ireland

  05-09-2015 20:42
  
  • ‘Discipline was better, we controlled territory … we are ready’
  • Chris Robshaw sets sights on further improvement despite victoryStuart Lancaster cited the Twickenham factor as a reason why England will be hard to beat in the World Cup after they headed into the tournament on a winning note by beating the Six Nations champions Ireland.It is more than three years since any other European team won at Twickenham while World Cup group rivals Australia have lost on the
  
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• England vs Ireland: Sam Burgess debate drags on after hits and misses

  05-09-2015 20:37
  
  The earth failed to move. Choirs of angels did not clutter the flightpath into Heathrow, in order to sing the praises of a new king. Sam Burgess merely continued his apprenticeship, leaving no one the wiser whether he will eventually emerge as urban myth or global magician.
  
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• Argentina warm up for Rugby World Cup with nine tries to beat Leicester

  05-09-2015 20:36
  
  • Leicester 34-55 Argentina
  • Pumas coach: ‘When we play well we can cause anyone problems’They love an arm wrestle in these parts but this was no occasion for that. Instead Argentina brought a blend of cunning and clout, mixed with some second-half slapstick, before a flurry of late tries took their total to nine and denied Leicester what was shaping up to be the mother of all comebacks.It was Marcos Ayerza’s testimonial, and after a first-half shift for the Pumas th
  
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